Type 2 diabetic(High blood glucose ).

Type 2 diabetes is a disease characterized by high levels of blood glucose. The body of a type 2 diabetes patient does not make proper use of insulin and shows insulin resistance. Lower the concentration of insulin lower is the blood sugar transported into cells and stored as energy. This increases the blood sugar levels. This leads to another disorder known as hyperglycemia.

High blood glucose levels normally trigger the pancreas to produce more and more insulin, although this insulin is failed to be utilized by the body. One of the major diagnoses of this disease is by blood tests for insulin that gives high plasma insulin counts as a result. This disease is prevalent in major populations of the developed countries since most of them face obesity. People who are overweight show insulin resistance since the fat interferes with the insulin function.
It is a non-insulin dependent diabetes and it is seen to be independent of the age of the patient. It can occur in both children and adults. Almost in all cases, people suffering from this disease do not show any prominent signs of the onset of the disease and they can go as far as eight years without the disease being diagnosed. Most people are obese at the time of diagnosis; however, it can also develop in patients who are thin but elderly.

There are many causes of this disease amongst which the most frequent cause is excess body weight. Excess body weight in turn is caused by absence of physical activity and intake of fatty foods. Genetic factors also play a major role in bringing about type 2 diabetes in people. Other causes may include low activity level, poor diet, old age (above 45 years), High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels low in the body at about less than 35mg/dl or higher triglyceride levels of above 250mg/dl, high blood pressure, family history of gestational diabetes, previous incidence of impaired glucose tolerance and sometimes race and ethnicity of the people.